Corporate and M&A: local firms in Singapore

‘Knowledgeable & experienced team, capable of providing good practical solutions. Heavily involved in most of the prominent deals in Singapore.’

‘Richard Young is an xperienced lawyer with a keen eye for details. a problem solver.’

‘Well coordinated team, good knowledge of the law and delivered well and on time.’

‘We engaged WongPartnership for a various M&A transactions in Singapore and Malaysia as they have deep knowledge and experiences in this area. We also sought advice their finance team as we needed financing for transactions. They quickly assembled relevant team members for our transaction.’

‘Commitment and passion in their work. Intellectual honesty to point out to client of their strength and weakness and provide solution and strike the deal.’

‘Well resourced multidisciplinary team with a broad base of experience makes them particularly good at transactions with many moving parts in different areas of corporate law.’

‘Extremely hard working, perfectionist, knowledgeable team. The team is knowledgeable on the law but also on the APAC region. The team is the go-to team for complex multi-jurisdictional deals in the region with Singapore nexus.’

‘The firm engages with their clients on the issues for M&A and provides well thought through solutions for the client’s consideration. They work together with the clients round the clock to meet with required timelines and will sacrifice weekends and public holidays just to accommodate to the client’s board needs if urgent meetings need to be convene to discuss urgent issues. Billing is negotiable without having to go through many rounds of push backs.’

‘They never reject any ideas ( no matter how ridiculous the idea can be) that have been put forth by the clients and will try to cover all possible outcomes that they can think of when responding to the ideas. They stand out from the rest of the legal firms by listening to the needs of the clients (and all stakeholders including the unitholders) instead of just strictly following the rules of the books. They carried themselves very professionally even under pressure to deliver under tight deadlines. ’

‘The practice has multiple established and experienced partners who are well respected and known in their respective field. They are supported by strong and well trained team of lawyers. It is also connected regionally. ’

‘Wai King Ng is still the leader in the Singapore corporate law sphere and often acts on transactions of the deal of the year variety.’

‘Lawyers are approachable and responsive. Knowledgeable partners who are well informed of the latest developments.’

‘One of the most impressive law firms across the Asia-Pacific through their strong ASEAN footprint. ’

‘Wee Hann Lim is a true star. His ability to cut through the nitty gritty makes him standout as a leader in his field.’

‘The firm is very diverse in its range of disciplines and, importantly, maintains a consistently high standard across all. This is helpful because as a growing startup, Rajah & Tann is able to see us through various stages of growth.’

‘Effective, efficient and fully met our needs.’

‘A regional practice. Very important for cross-border M&A and  due diligence efforts. Highly responsive and competent. ’

‘Brian Ng – technically very competent – regional experience (Southeast Asia) particularly in the emerging markets – extremely resourceful and street smart.’

‘Li Chuan Hsu is professional and responsive. Understands the key issues very well and provides good advice.’

‘A global and localised team business model helps reach out to places where our overseas operations are engineering staff-biased and corporate control rested in Singapore. The team’s knowledge of the Asia business culture and broad understanding augmented the law firm’s business model.’

‘Partner invested time to understand our niche business, business culture and is always ready to value add to ideas.’

‘Partner sized up each engagement, delegate where necessary to team members but never hands off, hence assuring the quality advise expected of a professional firm.’

‘We are very pleased with the professional advice and support from Eng Leng Ng.’

‘Smart individuals, proactive in identifying problems and solutions before they arise and commercially focused. ’

‘Steven Lo and Tan Teng Sen are not just superb legal practitioners but ones who apply themselves across the most complex corporate situations and develop meaningful solutions that have a consequential impact on transaction outcomes. ’

‘Everyone in the team responds quickly and is always available. They have a wide network of partners within Asia and are able to recommend other jurisdictional lawyers to assist.’

‘Tan Teng Sen has an unrivalled manner with clients. It is always comfortable talking to him as he takes genuine interest and personal pride in the client’s legal matters. I find that he embodies the meaning of a trusted advisor. ’

‘Tan Teng Sen provides excellent deal leadership , highly competent and navigates well on a transaction, knows the real risk points and not pedantic.’

‘Seraphina Ho covers our blind spot, is super reliable and will not let the ball drop.’

‘People, especially reliable corporate/M&A team is important for us. Billing was also flexible and reasonable in light of the quality of work.’

‘Tang Ten Sen surely works and leads the M&A projects by closely commincating both in emails and through calls. Steven Lo is also great. They are highly capable in deal management.’

‘I have been working closely with these individuals since my company was founded in June 2018, and they are the most professional, experienced, hard working, collaborative, problem solving, and helpful team members I’ve ever met.’

‘The corporate and M&A team is very structured, quick and responsive. They are strong in managing multi-jurisdictional transactions and matters, always anticipating issues and offering sound practical advice, cutting through the haze and getting to the core issues. ’

‘With partners like Dayne Ho, SLB now has cutting edge commercial nous, practicality and technical skills in a heritage firm. ’

‘Dayne Ho is a top-notch negotiator who brings highly practical solutions to the table. Technically excellent and extremely responsive. More intuitive to client’s concerns than any other M&A practitioner in the market. ’

‘The team is responsive and works quickly, without compromise on quality. Particularly useful for transactions with tight timelines.’

‘Jolie Giouw is the counsel we work with and we are impressed with her strong knowledge of the law and remarkable memory and tenacity in getting high quality solutions out to us quickly. Her ability to propose elegant solutions to complex problems and bridge issues is highly regarded, as is her work ethic to go the extra mile for us outside of the scope of her engagement. Its about delivering on the objectives of her clients to her, not just about her scope of work.’

‘They are very customer focussed and could pre-empt pitfalls. Very proactive.’

‘Firm is big enough to have access to competent legal counsel /platform in most areas of law while being small enough to still have an efficient overlap/interaction between departments and skillsets.’

‘Bill Jamieson is very consistent in giving timely and accurate advice as well as drafting, delivering or turning around of papers which are of high quality, with a first time right approach.’

‘Lisa Theng and her team are quick witted, authentic and willing to solve any problems.’

‘This practice is unique to us as it operates in markets where we are operating in and is in line with our expansion footprint. Its a well-rounded firm with various complementary specialisations.’

‘It has very well qualified partners and associates who over deliver their promises and commitment to us as clients ’

‘Priyank Srivastava is very well versed with multi-jurisdiction work covering India, Singapore and Myanmar. Often coming out with innovative and commercially viable solutions, we see him as a business partner more than a lawyer. Specifically his advice in the downstream oil & gas sector, he is well regarded and simply put – his advice makes simple and complete sense to us.’

‘Priyank doesn’t over complicate matters and isn’t afraid to advice us that whatever we intend to do doesn’t make sense while clearly highlighting the potential risks we would undertake if we were to go ahead.’

‘We work with Prolegis, which is the Singapore part of Herbert Smith Freehills. We know them well, and I have worked with their namesake partner for many years, on matters ranging from commercial work to transactional support. They are practical and sensible lawyers who give prompt, clear, direct and succinct advice.  I value this as well as the personalised way in which they provide support.’

‘Ban Leong Oo is my ‘go to’ person whom I trust implicitly for sensible and creative solutions that are delivered with dedication and finesse.  He’s the stable, clear-headed corporate M&A specialist you want on your side when dealing with complex transactions.’

‘Prolegis has a good team with a strong understanding of Singapore law.’

‘Ban Leong Oo is an extremely knowledgeable and competent lawyer. He is very commercially minded and takes a practical approach without compromising his client\’s needs.  He is very approachable and hands-on. I have dealt with law firms where the partner is not fully engaged and tasks are delegated to juniors.  This is not the case with Ban Leong.’

‘ProLegis LLC (which has a Formal Law Alliance with Herbert Smith Freehills) is a well regarded specialist in commercial and corporate law. Outstanding client support from a well qualified team and client orientated team.’

‘The team works quickly and is well-versed and able to advice on practical commercial issues.  More importantly, they are able to deliver on time and with quality. ‘

‘They are very attentive and client-centric. The team of legal counsels working with my firm was very good at leveraging technology in servicing the client’s needs.’

‘Kenneth Leong and Sheryn Tan have demonstrated a strong sense of commitment and dedication in their works. They were very adept and responsive to the changing situation of a very dynamic and complex transaction. They were creative in providing practical solutions to address the requirements of the task at hand. ’

‘Quahe Woo & Palmer is a full service firm which is well able to service all clients needs. They have a presence in Hong Kong which helps significantly as clients like to discuss matters in person and having Wei-Jin Lee in Hong Kong is a great advantage to working with the firm. ’

‘They are knowledgeable, experienced, commercial and very responsive. Also, they work as a team so if there is an issue in a matter that the particular partner is not familiar with, they will involve other partners. ’

‘Organised, friendly, sensible and commercial. ’

‘Responsible, practical, commercial advice responding to hot buttons issues with clear, concise advice to allay concerns, guide commercial negotiations and keep focus on expeditious execution.’

‘Sheetal Sandhu, Elaine Beh and Parikhit Sarma and their associates combine humility, street smarts and precision in their advice.’

‘Commercial, structured and technically sound.’

‘Erlene Tan is in control of the situation and very approachable making discussions very productive.’